Deep End is a 1970 British-German cult film written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski, starring Jane Asher, John Moulder Brown, and Diana Dors.
Brown plays a fifteen-year-old boy named Mike who starts a new job at a London bathhouse and falls in love with his co-worker, the beautiful Susan (Asher), who's ten years his senior. His love, however, turns into an increasing obsession that threatens to become deadly.
The movie, following its release, was a minor hit with the cult scene, until it was largely forgotten, and even presumed lost, until the film print was found in 2010 and re-shown in movie theaters, later getting a remastered DVD/Blu-Ray release in 2011, where it continued to receive positive reviews.
Tropes
- Coming-of-Age Story: It starts out as one of these for Mike before things take a weirder and darker turn.
- If I Can't Have You…: Mike does not take it well when Susan tries to walk away.
- Master of the Mixed Message: Susan alternately rebuffs Mike and flirts with him.
- Stalker with a Crush: Mike's obsession with Susan causes him to avoid other relationships, while demanding more from her.
